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The Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BGRR) was a railroad lying just inside and about midway of the southwestern State line of Nevada.It was incorporated in 1905 to provide an outlet from the mining section near Beatty to the north over the lines of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The railroad of Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad lying just inside and about midway of the southwestern State line of Nevada. The main line extends from Beatty 78.95 miles in a general north-northwesterly direction to Goldfield.
In addition, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad built some right-of-way and leased out its trackage rights to operating railroads. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Tonopah and Goldfield held a brief strategic advantage over its competitors: its northern railhead at Mina was a junction point with the Nevada and California Railroad (N&C), an affiliate line of one of ...
Bullfrog Junction (MP 241.59), junction point for the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad and the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad. Goldfield (MP 242.69), originally a station of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, also joint operated with the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad. The T&T had an agency here until 1914 when it was rerouted over the LV&T tracks to ...
The first was the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LVTR), which began running regular trains to the city on December 14, 1906. [33] Its depot, built in California-mission style, cost about $130,000, [34] equivalent to about $4,410,000 in 2023. [27] About a half-year later, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BGR) began regular service from the north.
By the winter of 1904, Bullfrog had about a thousand people living in tents, dugouts and congested traffic made a demand for rail connections The Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad reached Rhyolite on May 22, 1907. [5] 1:24,000 scale map of Rhyolite surveyed in 1905
In October 1906, the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LV&T) began regular service to Beatty; in April 1907, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BG) reached the community, and the Tonopah and Tidewater (T&T) line added a third railroad in October 1907. [4] The LV&T ceased operations in 1918, the BG in 1928, and the T&T in 1940. [4]
BHP Nevada Railroad: BHP 1996 1999 N/A Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad: 1905 1928 N/A Caliente and Pioche Railroad: UP: 1906 1909 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad: California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1911 1923 N/A Carson and Colorado Railroad: SP: 1880 1892 Carson and Colorado Railway: Carson and Colorado Railway: SP: 1892 1905